| 词条 | Forkhill land mine attack |
| 释义 |
| title = Forkhill land mine attack | partof = the Troubles | image = |map = {{Location map|Northern Ireland |relief = yes |width = 250 |lat = 54.08333 |long = -6.45 |marksize = 5 |caption = }} | date = 17 July 1975 | time = | timezone = | type = Roadside bomb Gelignite Explosive material Landmine Attack | weapons = Command Wire Detonation | fatalities = 4 British Soldiers | injuries = 1 | perp = Provisional IRA South Armagh Brigade }}{{Campaignbox Northern Ireland Troubles|state=collapsed}} On the 17 July 1975 the South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional IRA (IRA) detonated a land mine when a British Army patrol passed over the land mine, killing four British soldiers & seriously injuring one other in the process of the explosion.[1] This was the first major breach in the truce negotiated by the IRA and British government back in February 1975. The attack took place in Forkhill which was right on the Irish border and a safe have for IRA Volunteers from South Armagh.[2] The AttackOn the 17 July 1975 Major Peter Willis, the Green Howards company commander in Crossmaglen was accompanied by three British soldiers, all of whom were bomb disposal experts.[3] They were investigating a milk churn at Cortreasla Bridge in Tullydonnell. They walked through a gap in a hedge which was next to a signpost. As they passed through the hedge an IRA Volunteer pressed a button which sent an electric current through an almost 400-yard long command wire which detonated a bomb which had an estimated between 70 - 80lbs of explosives in a beer keg which was very large for IRA bombs at that stage. All of four soldiers were killed instantly with another soldier injured by shrapnel.[4] The soldiers killed were Major Peter Willis (37), Edward Garside (34), Robert McCarter (33) and Calvert Brown (25).[5] They were the first British soldiers to die at the hand of the IRA since the February truce.[6] AftermathThe IRA claimed in statement that the attack had been in revenge for the killing of two of their own Volunteers.And British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Merlyn Rees, issued a statement condemning those responsible for the killings. https://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/18/archives/4-soldiers-killed-in-ulster-by-bomb-in-a-milk-can.html Evntually an IRA Volunteer called Pat Thompson was convicted of the attack in March 1976 in which Thompson signed a statement saying that the Crossmaglen IRA unit was the unit who planned and carried out the attack. Thompson maintains however that he was forced to sign the statement after bad beatings & threats to his family. Thompson was not released until 1991, serving 15 years.[7] The next IRA breach of the truce came in August in the Caterham Arms pub bombing in Surrey, England in whiich 33 people were injured. It was carried out by the notorius Provisional IRA's Balcombe Street Gang.[8] See also
References1. ^http://irishistory.blogspot.com/2013/08/oglaigh-na-heireann-major-operations-in.html {{PIRA}}{{The Troubles|state=collapsed}}{{Armed conflicts by year}}2. ^https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch75.htm#10275 CAIN: Monday 10 February 1975The Irish Republican Army (IRA) Truce 3. ^Toby Harnden - Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh pp.58 4. ^Toby Harnden - Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh pp.58 5. ^https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dyndeaths.pl?querytype=date&day=17&month=07&year=1975 6. ^https://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/18/archives/4-soldiers-killed-in-ulster-by-bomb-in-a-milk-can.html 7. ^Toby Harnden - Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh pp.58 8. ^https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch75.htm#27875 10 : 1975 in Northern Ireland|20th century in County Armagh|Ambushes|British Army in Operation Banner|Deaths by improvised explosive device in Northern Ireland|Improvised explosive device bombings in Northern Ireland|Military actions and engagements during the Troubles (Northern Ireland)|Military history of County Armagh|Provisional Irish Republican Army actions|The Troubles in County Armagh |
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